The California county sheriff who released an illegal alien from jail who subsequently murdered a San Francisco woman lost his re-election bid in a landslide. Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was a big booster of sanctuary cities, but it was other scandals – both personal and professional – that ultimately brought him down. Fox News: Mirkarimi was the subject of national criticism after Mexican illegal immigrant Francisco Sanchez allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on San Francisco's waterfront July 1. Sanchez had been released from Mirkarimi's jail in March even though federal immigration officials had requested he be detained for possible deportation.  But since then, the sheriff's oversight of the department has been plagued by other high-profile mishaps and controversies seen as contributing to his defeat. He had his driver's license briefly suspended for failing to properly report a minor accident while driving a...(Read Full Post)